Raised in an ecologically conscious household the importance of conserving our planet’s resources was instilled in me from an early age, although my parents had mixed emotions when I took their message to heart and searched through our neighbors’ garbage on my way home from elementary school retrieving appliances and furniture I could repair. While studying metal sculpting at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston I earned a degree in Philosophy from Tufts University in 1987. My educ…